Open House!

Okay not exactly, completely open, but we have been given the opportunity to share our little piece of earth with some wonderful new friends.
Not even a year ago my husband and I (well mostly him, I just held things for him and cut wood) built a little cottage. My parents help fund this project as they would be staying in it for the winter, but we got all excited when we thought about how we would be able to bless people with it during the other part of the year.
So far we've had a long time friend and her new husband stay in it for their honeymoon. And just recently (in fact they are still in it) we've had the pleasure of meeting for the first time and housing Jennifer from Through the Storms of Life and her family.
I tell you this blogging community is nothing to shake a stick at. It's real and you meet and start caring about REAL people.
Jenn and I were talking about how it was just so weird for both our husbands to be up for this because really they were taking our words on the fact that we knew each other enough through blogging to trust one another. My husband's only question was "Are they believers?" Because to him that makes them family to begin with.
Needless to say we've all gotten along great and they are having a great time and I'm so glad to have met them.
You ready for pictures? Cause you know I got pictures?

The cool thing about this trip is Jennifer got to meet two more bloggers over here. In the picture below we have Kathy from Blessed Beyond Imagination, Jennifer, Me and Debra from Clothed with Scarlet. How cool is that? And I quickly put this picture in the beautiful picture frame Jenn got for me which is standing along side this CUTE mug, that she always got for me. I mean she came bearing gifts for the WHOLE family! You gotta love that!

Here we are setting up camp! How many people does it take to set this E-Z Shade thing up? LOL. I knew it didn't need MY help!
My son was showing me his "treasure" that he had found.
This is something that washed up from the ocean. A new breed of ocean life I think. LOL! Oy! Where does he get it from?
I love this picture of Jenn and Roger. The waves were strong that day and Roger knows I got a picture that I'm holding for blackmail! LOL. Let's just say, "Is there a plumber in the house?" LOL
Here my husband is giving some fishing pointers to Debra's son Josh! He actually caught on pretty quick to throwing the cast net!
This next picture is just funny. As we were all packed up and ready to go, tarpon (that's a really really large game fish) started jumping out of the water and bait fish were everywhere. So my husband grabs his pole and starts running down the beach after them. So here we are looking out at the ocean for the tarpon while my husband runs the beach. (You can see him in the right side of the picture! ) LOL. And who said that fishing isn't a spectators sport!
When we got back to the house. I had dinner ready in the crockpot. My sweet friend Debra asks in her sweet voice if she and Jason could run to Publix and pick up something for dessert. Sure, I said. Thinking maybe some cookies or something. NO! They came back with, ice cream, cookies, 2 cakes, a small pie, a strudel, AND two things of doughnuts! Look closely on the table and you can see it all! Have mercy!
I'm sad to see Jenn and her family go. It has been such a pleasure getting to know them. But we have now become Real Live Friends!!
And thus ends a jammed packed month, full of birthdays, cake, lake fun, cake, beach fun, cake, boat fun, cake, friends ..............and cake! If you missed this month of fun on my blog and need a smile or two, feel free to go back and check it all out!!
HUGS!!!